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Enosis Neon Paralimni
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Full nameEnosis Neon Paralimni
(Athletic Union of Paralimni)
Nickname(s)Vissini (Βυσσινί) clarets
Founded1936; 88 years ago (1936)
GroundParalimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou"
Paralimni
Capacity5,800
ChairmanChristodoulos Konstantinopoulos
ManagerDamir Čanadi
LeagueSecond Division
2022–23First Division, 12th (relegated)

Enosis Neon Paralimni Football Club (Greek: Ένωση Νέων Παραλιμνίου, Enosi Neon Paralimniou; lit.'Youth Union of Paralimni'), commonly referred to as ENP, is a Cypriot football team from Paralimni. Currently playing in the first division, it holds home games at the Paralimni Municipal Stadium "Tasos Marcou", which holds 5,800 people.

History

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Enosis Neon Paralimniou was founded in April 1944, following the merger of two Paralimni clubs, Heracles and People's Love.

The club's emblem is the Parthenon, with a trumpeter and the year 1936 inscription, birth year of the club Heracles. The only reason why founders decided to adopt the year 1936 as the new club's birth year instead of the year 1944 has purely to do with Heracles official papers. On those, it was clear that whenever the club's members decided to cease its operations, all of its assets (movable and immovable property) would go straight to the Church. In view of that and in order to avoid any legal implications, the newly born club of Enosis was reckoned by the authorities as a continuation of the club Heracles of Paralimni, absorbing the other club, People's Love.

The first football match played in Paralimni took place in the first half of the year 1945, some weeks before the end of World War II, against a German team of POWs (no further details found). The first recorded encounter was on 16 September 1945, against a mixed team from Anorthosis and EHAN, both of Famagusta (a final 4–5 loss).

The team's colours of claret and blue were introduced by the Parnerou brothers, who were both supporters of West Ham United, acquainted with player Bobby Moore and grew up in East London. Moore donated West Ham United kits for the team to play in 1971, two years after the team's promotion to the Cypriot First Division. These colours became an established part of the club itself. In March 2023, ahead of West Ham's UEFA Europa Conference League tie with AEK Larnaca, West Ham visited Enosis, with West Ham sporting director Mark Noble being a guest of honour at Enosis.[1]

Until the early 1960s, Enosis took part only in local competitions, since the Cyprus Football Association (CFA) had repeatedly denied its participation in its competitions, stating that only clubs based in towns could take part. The CFA's denial was the reason why Enosis joined E.A.P.O., a village-based club association. In 1965, the CFA changed its rules and Enosis finally managed to join and participate in the second division. From the very beginning, the side tried to win promotion to the first division and, after four attempts, managed to finish first, in the football season of 1968–69. Since then, Enosis has taken part in all 45 editions of first division, being one of only five clubs never to have been demoted into the second division until 2013–14, when it was relegated for the first time to the second division after finishing 13th in the league.

Honours

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History in European competition

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Overall

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Competition Pld W D L GF GA GD
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4 1 0 3 4 15 -11
UEFA Cup 4 0 0 4 4 21 -17
UEFA Intertoto Cup 2 0 0 2 1 5 −4
Total 10 1 0 9 9 41 –32

Matches

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Season Competition Round Club 1st leg 2nd leg Agg.
1975–76 UEFA Cup 1R West Germany MSV Duisburg 1–7 (A) 2–3 (H)[a] 3–10
1976–77 UEFA Cup 1R West Germany Kaiserslautern 1–3 (H) 0–8 (A) 1–11
1981–82 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Hungary Vasas 1–0 (H) 0–8 (A) 1–8
1983–84 European Cup Winners' Cup 1R Belgium Beveren 2–4 (H) 1–3 (A) 3–7
2002 UEFA Intertoto Cup 1R Austria Bregenz 0–2 (H) 1–3 (A) 1–5
  1. ^ "Home" leg played at Niederrheinstadion

Players

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As of 9 September 2024

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Cyprus CYP Panagiotis Panagiotou
3 DF Cyprus CYP Andreas Christofi
4 DF Cyprus CYP Sean Ioannou
5 DF Serbia SRB Ilija Milićević
6 DF Martinique MTQ Jérémy Corinus
7 FW Guinea GUI Thierno Barry (on loan from Pafos)
8 MF Cyprus CYP Dimitris Mavroudis
9 FW Germany GER Bassala Sambou
10 MF Israel ISR Niv Gotlieb
11 MF Cyprus CYP Vasilis Dimosthenous
13 GK Cyprus CYP Dimitrios Stylianidis (on loan from AEK Larnaca)
14 MF Cyprus CYP Loizos Kosmas (Vice captain)
18 MF Ghana GHA Isaac Nortey
19 FW Belgium BEL Elisha Sam
20 MF Cyprus CYP Fotis Kotsonis (3rd captain)
21 DF Guinea-Bissau GNB Prosper Mendy
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF Brazil BRA Diogo Dall'Igna (on loan from Pafos)
23 MF Austria AUT Marco Krainz
24 GK Nigeria NGA Adebayo Adeleye
27 DF Israel ISR Niv Fliter (on loan from Hapoel Be'er Sheva)
28 FW Cyprus CYP Evangelos Andreou (on loan from AEL Limassol)
29 MF Poland POL Piotr Janczukowicz
33 MF Cyprus CYP Loukas Ikonomou
34 DF Cyprus CYP Loukas Kalogirou
36 MF Cyprus CYP Anastasios Stratis
37 MF Cyprus CYP Marios Chatzilefteri
40 MF Cyprus CYP Dimitris Solomou
42 MF Switzerland SUI Nathan Mbengi
44 DF Cyprus CYP Stylianos Georgiou
80 MF Guinea-Bissau GNB Edson Silva
87 DF Netherlands NED Ruben Hoogenhout
99 FW Cyprus CYP Michalis Charalambous (Captain)

Out on loan

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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Cyprus CYP Theodoros Koutsou (at Anagennisi Deryneia until 31 May 2025)
DF Cyprus CYP Stylianos Adamou (at Anagennisi Deryneia until 31 May 2025)
No. Pos. Nation Player
DF Cyprus CYP Loukas Kalogirou (at Olympiakos Nicosia until 31 May 2025)

Club officials

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Board of directors

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Position[2] Staff
Executive Directors Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Media Officer / Spokesman Cyprus
General Secretary Cyprus
Law Department Cyprus
Members Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus

Technical and medical staff

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Position[3] Staff
Football Director Cyprus Giorgos Kosma
General manager Cyprus
Team manager Cyprus
Head coach Israel Ori Gutman
Assistant coach Cyprus
Fitness coach Cyprus
Rehabilitation coach Netherlands
Goalkeeper coach Cyprus
Sports Scientist Greece
Medical staff
Team doctor (orthopaedist) Cyprus
Team doctor (Pathologist) Cyprus
Physiotherapist Cyprus
Assistant Physiotherapist Cyprus Caregiver Cyprus

Notable managers

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "West Ham and Paralimni – Enosis in Claret and Blue". West Ham United F.C. 8 March 2023. Retrieved 3 June 2023.
  2. ^ "ΕΝΠ/Το νέο ΔΣ". kerkida.net. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ "ΠΡΩΤΗ για ΕΝΠ (η σύνθεση του ποδοσφαιρικού τμήματος)". kerkida.net. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
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